Webcast: Career Planning – What should I be doing to look ahead?

April 8, 2010 3:00 PM CT

Mergers and acquisitions are heating up. With consolidations of corporate staff, what happens if your job disappears? What have you been doing to expand your career development opportunities? Hear from recruiting and networking experts on what you should be doing to plan for your future.

Panelists:
Matthew Bud, Chairman of the Financial Executives Networking Group
Mr. Bud has been a Managing Partner of The Financial Executives Consulting Group (The FECG) since its founding in January, 1999. Since 1996 he has also served as Chairman of The Financial Executives Networking Group (The FENG), an organization founded in 1991 and dedicated to providing senior level financial executives with a forum to share job opportunities and experiences. There are now more than 34,000 members at FENG globally. Mr. Bud was previously the chief financial officer of Levine, Huntley, Schmidt & Beaver, a U.S. based advertising agency, and was previously associated with The Thomson Corporation, CBS, Inc., and B. Altman & Company.

Jean Cardwell, President, Cardwell Enterprises
With more than 20 years of recruiting experience, and a client list composed primarily of Fortune 100 corporations and international public relations agencies, Jean heads one of the leading independent executive search firms focused on corporate communications, investor relations and government and public affairs. She was formerly Senior Vice President of corporate communications for J.D. Stefek and Company, a worldwide management consulting firm. Ms. Cardwell has spoken before NIRI, the Public Relations Society of America, the Council of Communications Management and the International Associate of Business Communicators.

Smooch Reynolds, Founder and CEO, The Repovich-Reynolds Group
Since launching The Repovich-Reynolds Group in 1987, a retained international executive search and management consulting firm specializing in the communications, investor relations, and marketing, Ms. Reynolds has served clients across a broad range of industries, working with companies ranging from pre-IPO start-ups to Fortune 500 corporations, nonprofit and industry associations, and public relations and investor relations agencies. A frequent contributor to global professional journals and newsletters, Ms. Reynolds has been featured on CNBC's "Power Lunch", CNN-TV, CNNfn, Bloomberg TV, Fox News' "Your World with Neil Cavuto," and Fortune.com.

Moderator:
Steven P. Eschbach, Vice President, Investor Relations, Integrys Energy
Mr. Eschbach joined Integrys Energy Group in 2007. He has a diversified financial and corporate communications background. As an independent consultant heading his own firm, he advised corporate clients and appeared as a financial expert witness in a utility rate case for the State of Connecticut. HE has also held the lead investor relations role for high tech and energy companies, such as FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL), RMI.NET, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMII before being acquired by Earthlink), Kinder Morgan, Inc. (formerly KN Energy, Inc. and now a private company), and Yankee Energy System, Inc. (now a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, Inc.).

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